Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Quotes

Love is sometimes shown in the things you don't say, don't keep track of and don't notice. The greatest kindness is often shown in letting things go. None of us is perfect, but we can all be perfect friends and perfect partners by allowing those that we love to be imperfect. Give those around you the 'break' that you hope the world will give you on your own 'bad day' and you'll never, ever regret it.

My mother is not a model. She is not perfect. That awareness is part of learning to love someone. Predicting the actions of someone is an act of love. We persist, even when we get it wrong. That's the beauty of love.

We're all amateurs when it comes to love. Don't be too hard on each other.

Forgiveness belongs to those who know how to love in the first place.

This sounds really cheesy and weird, but the pitbull is a sweet animal that just wants love until it's provoked - that's kind of how I've lived my life, too.

Eventually you love people - friends or lovers - because of their flaws.

We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.

We're all blemished. Yet we do love and are loved.

I really believe in, 'Move on, live and let live, forgive and forget.'

Love accepts. Forgiveness comes in time.

...when people we love make choices, we don't always understand them. But we can go on loving them, just the same. It isn't a matter of comprehension. It's forgiveness.

In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.

We pardon as long as we love.

Where love is thick, faults are thin. If you really love someone, then it is difficult to find fault with him. His faults seem negligible, for love means oneness.

There are faults we would fain pardon.

Forgiveness should go hand-in-hand with love.

Whatever our religion, we know that if we really want to love, we must first learn to forgive before anything else.

Lasting love extends grace. No relationship will make it without grace. The Bible tells us that this is part of love. You're not going to have a relationship unless you have forgiveness, mercy, patience, acceptance, grace. You've got to cut people some slack.

Only two miracles are worth seeing: The miracle of loving And The miracle of forgiving.

As long as we love, we can forgive.

You have to give others the opportunity to love who you love. If they don't accept it, it's their loss.

If you learn how to forgive others for not being strong, then people can learn how to forgive you for your own issues.

I used to love people for what they could be. I thought love was how hard you tried and how much you sacrificed and suffered. That is not love. Acceptance is.

You can't expect everyone to love you. I'm not someone who just wants to throw out hate, just because.

Yes, Mother. I can see you are flawed. You have not hidden it. That is your greatest gift to me.